Improvement in violins



UNITED STATES PATENT QEETCE JOSIAH H. PAYNE, OF GARNER, MISSSSIPPL IMPROVEMENT IN VIOLINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,] 16, dated December 22, 1874; application filed October 10, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH H. PAYNE, M. D., of Garner, in the county of Yallabusha and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Violins, Guitars, &c., of which the following is a specification The figure is aside view of aviolin to which my improvement has been applied, partly in section to show the construction.

My invention has for its object to furnish, and consists in, an improved Inode of' applying the strings to violins, guitars, 8vo., by the use of which the instrument will be made more sonorous, the notes being clearer, louder, more distinct, and, at the same time, softer, thus greatly improving the melody.

A represents the top, B the bottom, and O the riin of the body. l) is the neck. E is the finger-board, and F are the strings of the iustruxnent. The ends of the strings F are attached to pins secured to the base of the neck D, or to the top A, or bottom B, of the body A B O. The strings F are then passed through holes in the rim O, through the body of the instrument, through holes or a slit in the rim at the rear end oi' the body, over the top of the body and over the bridge, and their other ends are secured to the neck by pins or screws in the usual way. By this arrangement the tail-piece or apron to which the ends of the strings have heretofore been attached is dispensed with, and the tone of the instrument is greatly improved.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A violin provided with strin g-fastenin g devices at the base of the neck and openings corresponding therewith through the top and bottom of the rim @,lor the passage of the strings F, all arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSIAH HEREFORD PAYNE. Witnesses:

J. D. CRENsHAw, G. R. MOGUIRE. 

